By the way, "power" was handed over to the new Iraqi government today, two days ahead of schedule. Paul Bremer handed a folder of documents (contents: one letter saying "See ya, suckers!", and a "Family Circle" cartoon) to the Iraqi Chief Justice, then got the fudge out of there, beeping twice and leaving behind a cloud of smoke in the shape of his body that slowly dissipated.
Why the early handover? It's an attempt to head off insurgents who were planning attacks for the 30th. One group of insurgents was seen sulking on a rooftop. The leader said, "Dag-nabbit! They sure fooled us! Now what are we going to do with all these RPGs? Do you know how late I was up last night working on another car bomb? Do you? It was pretty damn late, I can tell you that. And it's Hamdi's birthday on Wednesday! What are we to do now? Go to freaking Putt-Putt and have an ice-cream party? Drats! Oh...and death to America."

What a relief this all is. Surely everything will return to normal, and our military can start to leave. Right?